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WorldRemit manager Susan Tanaka Sitemere explains how you can get the best currency exchange deals
WorldRemit Country Manager Zimbabwe and South Africa Susan Tanaka Sitemere Transferring money abroad and exchanging currency is now an ordinary daily transaction for many Zimbabwean individuals and bu...
FCAs fund 80% of Zim’s US$5.3 billion of import bill in 2022
 Foreign currency accounts are funding most of Zimbabwe’s imports with the auction and interbank only contributing about 20 percent of the bill, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has reported.The report sa...
IMF gives nod to Zim tight monetary policy
The International Monetary Fund says Zimbabwe’s tightening of monetary policy is the way forward as it has stabilised the local currency.“The recent tightening of monetary policy and the contained bud...
Proposed $2.83bn Chinese investment in industrial park latest high investment in Zimbabwe as global lithium demand rises
Arcadia Lithium Mine plantZim Now WriterZimbabwe’s approval of the development of a $2.83bn battery-metals park, proposed by a group of Chinese investors signals the latest high value investment in th...
SA i fintech eyes Zimbabwe informal sector
Nomaini CEO Vahid MonadjemSouth African fintech Nomaini  is expanding into Zimbabwe and two other African countries with its informal sector payment platform solutions.CEO Vahid Monadjem told The Afri...
Economist predicts price reductions
Nobesuthu NdlovuThe merging of the official exchange rate with the parallel market should now lead to price reductions, a local economist has predicted. “It is inescapable. The next wave is that of pr...
African governments must first understand informal sector archetypes for successful formalisation
 If western business archetypes such as sole trader, private company, partnership, joint ventures, cooperatives and others were sustainable, most African economies would be vibrant. The reality on the...
Fuel prices drop again, but fresh hikes could be on the way
Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has announced another fuel price decrease with diesel now at US$1.74 a litre and petrol at US$1.53 as world average Brent Crude oil price is now US$ 94 down...
Zimbabwe remains open for business, sort of- Opinion
 Mining and agriculture remain two of the key planks in the Zimbabwean economyDeal-making is still possible in Zimbabwe, if you know your way around.For proof, look no further than the transaction tha...
Zimbabwe missing on African wealth map
South Africa is the richest of five nations that have the individuals holding more than 50 percent of the continent’s private wealth according the Africa Wealth Report 2022.The other four are Egypt, N...